I am looking for eyeshadow that will help diminish the look of my crepey eyelids. My husband calls me "alligator eyes" because all my eyeshadow seems to magnify the wrinkles on my eyelids. Please help!

This isn't what you asked for, but are you using any eye creams on the upper aspect and even the eyelids? Many of the creams are now formulated for these areas. Also, are you using an eyelid primer? Finding items that agree with you might help with your issue.

This isn't what you asked for, but are you using any eye creams on the upper aspect and even the eyelids? Many of the creams are now formulated for these areas. Also, are you using an eyelid primer? Finding items that agree with you might help with your issue.

I was going to suggest this too. Seems to work for me, and I can really tell when I forget to use my cream.

Here's my drill (HG), which seems to work well for me (I'm 59) EI solutions "Eye Refine" which contains a very light a-hydroxyacid and also gets rid of "the crepes." On top (for lid) Clinique Touch base in Canvas 10, which has a slight sheen. The C also tends to dry out, so if I don't use it every day (summer-- lazy) I keep the foil "seal" that comes with it b/c once it dries out its useless!

I used to have this problem, but had them fixed. Now I can wear all kinds of pretty eyeshadows, and actually have gone right to MAC and had two of the 15 palettes made up with colors I like. The gal I spoke to recommended the satin finish, versus the matte. I am very pleased with their product. I do use a primer for my lids, and it is also from MAC and like it the best of any I have tried. I also recommend getting a couple of their good brushes. Do not buy MAC anwhere except MAC. You will end up with a bunch of fake products.

Also, I recommend watching some of the better eyeshadow videos on utube, especially the ones for "mature" eyes.....there are lots of tips which make a big difference. If you live close to a MAC counter (I do not) you can get your eye makeup done and that might help. Don't be afraid of a little color.

Tell your husband that I said his comment wasn't very nice, and if you want to get those fixed someday, it takes about an hour, and they look new again.

sweetsue: is it painful to have it fixed? what is the recovery time? thanks for sharing...

Not at all. I had a local, and was there a little over an hour. Came back in a week had the stitches taken out, and slowly the swelling went away. That was about 2 months ago. I work from home, so I had no down time except that first day I took it easy.

It is a very minor surgery, they just take the loose skin out, and it does make a BIG difference. It cost $1900 in the Midwest.

I know you didn't ask for this but it helped all my eye shadows tremendously...

Laura Geller's new Waterproof eye spackle pen #a215623 I got the fair/light....I didn't use the pen to swipe it on. I put it on my finger and worked off of that dabbing it on both eyes, actually I was not expecting anything special since I already use other good products. I figured I was just going to have to live with the way my shadows looked...

...Boy was I surprised my eyeshadow never looked better and it didn't move for 2 days and nights..I was so amazed the first time I used it I just wanted to see how long it stayed in tact.

2nd the suggestion to go to a MAC store, if there are any that are close to you. If not, or if you don't feel comfortable having a MAC artist apply an eyeshadow look on you, another option is MAC's "live chat" on their website. I'm in my 40s, and stated this during my chat with the makeup artist...they also ask for your hair and eye color, etc. She offered a couple of suggestions for me, and then at the end of the chat, she provided a discount code to use if I decided to place an order. I wish that one of the makeup lines on QVC would offer this type of service; it would be so much fun!

i have the same problem! i tend to use MAC shadows or BB cream shadows w/a MAC paintpot as an e/s base to minimize the crepiness.

if you use powder e/s...a MUA once showed me a trick...she took a tiny little dab of moisturizer on a qtip and gently swiped it across my lid AFTER the shadow had been applied. it really smoothed out the "alligator" look beautifully.

MEAN HUBBY...kick him the a$$!!!!

the key to looking younger, is to stand next to someone who looks older than you...get the heck away from me!!!
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What do you use for an eyecream? I started using Lacura Eye Cream several months ago and the improvement on my eyelids is amazing.....I recommended this to my friend who is in her mid 60's and she is having great results too....plus it only costs a little over 3 bucks....my eyelids are much smoother and the crepiness is diminished plus my undereyes is looking much smoother too (my friend says the same).....I wear matte shadows and avoid any with shine/glitter.

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I am new to the beauty banter forum, so thanks for all the replies. I am 35 but have found I cannot wear shimmer eyeshadow. I actually went to sephora and they recommended anastasia illumin8 eyeshadow palettes and I LOVE them. I have noticed a huge difference. I am just so sad I have to get rid of all my other eyeshadow to get a more youthful look. Now, on the search for the best primer. Thanks again everyone!!!!

Shadows with shimmer, even in those with just a little, will show off the crepeyness. I stopped wearing shimmer shadows and wear matte now and my eyelids look smooth, whereas they looked crepey and wrinkles when I wore shimmer shadows.

The difficulty is that almost every eye shadow, from every brand, has shimmer so they like to imply that they look good on everyone so they can keep selling tons of them. They aren't interested in making more matte eye shadows since most makeup is developed for young people. Mature ladies aren't the market they want to win over.

Shimmer is very pretty in the container, but I find that it rarely looks good on anybody, even young eyelids. When older ladies (40+) say they think shimmer shadows look good on them and make them look younger, I think that they don't see what I see when I look at them. I usually think to myself how awful their eyelids look, but if they agreed with me, they wouldn't wear shimmer, so they must think it looks good. Most of the Bobbi Brown cream shadows have shimmer and I find them to be just as bad as powder shimmers for making my eye lids look wrinkled, even if they are creams. There are a few matte shades in this brand and those are ok.

Shadows with shimmer, even in those with just a little, will show off the crepeyness. I stopped wearing shimmer shadows and wear matte now and my eyelids look smooth, whereas they looked crepey and wrinkles when I wore shimmer shadows.

The difficulty is that almost every eye shadow, from every brand, has shimmer so they like to imply that they look good on everyone so they can keep selling tons of them. They aren't interested in making more matte eye shadows since most makeup is developed for young people. Mature ladies aren't the market they want to win over.

Shimmer is very pretty in the container, but I find that it rarely looks good on anybody, even young eyelids. When older ladies (40+) say they think shimmer shadows look good on them and make them look younger, I think that they don't see what I see when I look at them. I usually think to myself how awful their eyelids look, but if they agreed with me, they wouldn't wear shimmer, so they must think it looks good. Most of the Bobbi Brown cream shadows have shimmer and I find them to be just as bad as powder shimmers for making my eye lids look wrinkled, even if they are creams. There are a few matte shades in this brand and those are ok.

Just my 2 cents.

Last edited on 7/4/2011

BINGO! I couldnt agree with you more. You speak the truth. Although many dont want to hear it. The thing that scared me once was a gal wearing some BE flamingo colored eyeshadow that was super aging. She was about 10 years younger than me but that shadow aged her something awful. I swore that I would never look like that. It looked so crinkly, wrinkly & dried it grossed me out.

Wetnwild Is going to have full matte pallette before years end. Also theres a new Tarte pallete that is half matte now. Matte is out there you just have to look more for it.

someone else wrote in about shadow and crepey/dry eye lids, any shadow cream or other wise will bring out crepey/dry eye lids, you have to address the problem first with an eye cream that will work on the lids, i use origins starting over, i have tried other, but this one works for me, once you've healed your eye lid your shadows will look great!

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